Jungle Butter

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The book also contains information on other easily refined fats like Borneo Tallow. I suppose the myth that early humans couldn't have had access to oils is busted...but remember that couldn't doesn't mean they actually did.

I would love to try any of these "jungle butters." I recently tried a South American fatty jungle seed marketed under the name SaviSeed (Plukenetia volubilis). While I am skeptical of their claim that they have more omega-3 than salmon, since the omega-3 in the seeds is ALA, which is less usable than the DHA in salmon, they were quite tasty and an interesting candidate for agroforestry.